Matchmakers Inc. in Mission Impossible
By: Foxy Black
Disclaimer: This goes for the whole story. I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, so if you see anyone you recognize they would belong to J.K.R. and not me, to bad. And if you see anyone you don't recognize they belong to me.
Summary: James and Lily are tired of the constant bickering between their best friends, Sirius and Brianna, who happen to be ruining their friendship by making Lily and James choose sides. Their mission, should they choose to accept it, set their two best friends up. Matchmakers Inc. is formed to carry out Mission Impossible.
Author's Note: This will be one of those fics where Lily and James don't realize how perfect they are for each other till they learn to spend some real quality time together. They start out as friends but anything can happen when they get to know each other better.
--Chapter One--
Lily Evans (who has long curly dark red hair and exotic shining emerald green eyes) searched platform nine and three quarters for her friends. She hadn't seen any of them since the end of fifth year. Lily's family had gone to Australia over the summer for a vacation it had been the longest two months of Lily's life. She was eager to meet up with her friends and start sixth year.
"Sloan, stop with the bitching!"
Lily knew that voice to belong to Sirius Black best friend to James Potter. Sirius had spiky rich chocolate brown hair and big chocolate brown eyes that a girl could get lost in. He was one of the most popular boys in Hogwarts and mortal enemy of her best friend.
"Black, I will stop bitching when you stop being a dick!"
That voice happened to belong to Lily's best friend Brianna Sloan. Brianna had long silky raven black hair that flared out (no doubt the Potter trait in her) and enticing pale violet eyes. James and Brianna were cousins. Both of the girls were popular but tended to ignore the popularity, it was more of a nuisance to them than anything.
"Enough!" there was a pause "this is pointless, must you two always bicker."
Ah, you could always count on Remus Lupin to break up their little spats. Remus had sandy blonde hair splashed a golden brown and warm silky gray eyes. He was the voice of reason in both groups, Brianna and Sirius tended to listen to him and him only.
"Honestly, the two of you are acting like immature prats."
Paige Johnson always had to put her two cents into any conversation. She had long wavy dirty blonde almost brownish hair and clear sky blue eyes. She was a close friend but opted for the popularity and could often be found with her boyfriend, whomever it happened to be for that month.
"Look, Lily!"
It was James Potter, always the first to notice when Lily entered the room or was in eyesight. He had messy jet black hair that stood at odd angles (again that Potter trait) and enchanting crystalline blue eyes that were always dancing mischievously. Lily and James were good friends but were often torn between their best friends and their friendship.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Lily asked walking up and giving each one a hug.
"The usual: Sirius and Brianna are arguing with each other, Remus and Paige were tired of listening to them and broke it up" James replied casually, as it was normal behavior to all of them.
"He started it" Brianna retorted.
"You bloody started it with your constant bitching" Sirius shot back.
"I am only bitching because you are being a total dick" Brianna remarked.
A short fat boy with blonde hair and watery blue eyes ran over to the group "sorry.. I am.. late, I.. forgot.. my trunk" he panted out of breath from the run.
That would be Peter Pettigrew he was a friend to the marauders. It was never clear on why they were friends with him as he was the total opposite of them in appearance and personality but they seemed to like him none-the- less.
"I am not sticking around to listen to him." Brianna said point a threatening finger at Sirius along with one of her murderous glares. She swung on her heel and stormed away from the marauders, Sirius in particular.
"Oh bloody hell" the other four said rolling their eyes.
It was happening all over again, don't they ever give it a rest, apparently not. Lily and Paige gave one last not-again look to James and Remus before following Brianna onto the train.
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The start of term feast was over and the first years had been shown the common room. Lily and her friends were sitting on a sofa talking about the latest gossip in Hogwarts, Eve Reed and Adam Mitchell's (the Head Boy and Girl) relationship coming to a temporary break up.
The marauders were sitting on the other side of the room working on a prank they wanted to pull on Snape. James kept looking over at Lily and her friends, truth was pranking Snape was becoming old. They had pulled so many pranks on Snape it was becoming redundant and boring.
He had caught Lily's eye. She motioned for him to meet her in the common room at midnight. He shook his head before turning his attention back to his friends.
Midnight wouldn't come soon enough for James he barely got to spend anytime with Lily. Sirius and Brianna were always fighting and storming away dragging Lily and James with them.
Finally midnight rolled around and he snuck down to the common room, where Lily was already waiting for him. She was sitting in an arm chair by the fireplace reading a book.
"Hey Lily" James said in barely more than a whisper.
"Hey" Lily replied setting her book down.
"Whacha reading?" he asked curiously.
"The Scarlet Letter" she replied raising an eyebrow.
"Not bad, if I say so myself" James replied honesty.
"You have read a book before?" she questioned disbelievingly "I don't believe it."
"It's true just don't let it get out. Don't want to ruin my rep or anything." He replied jokingly.
"Right" Lily retorted sarcastically "okay, then."
"It's getting worse" James said getting to the point.
He knew Lily had asked him to come down to talk about the little war between their best friends it was one of the reasons why he didn't get to talk to Lily as much as he would have normally liked too.
"I know it is" Lily replied morbidly "Potter's can be so stubborn."
She hated the fact that she didn't get to spend as much time as she would have liked to with James because of her friend and his friend. It was so infuriating at times. Lily knew that Brianna was a Potter due to the fact that James father and Brianna's mother were siblings.
"True, but not all Potter's are that stubborn," James said mischievously sitting across from Lily "I have a plan."
"What kind of plan?" Lily asked confusion etched across her face.
"A plan to stop their bickering" James replied matter-of-factly.
"What would that be?" Lily asked not believing that James plan would work whatever it was.
"We play matchmaker with the two ingrates" James replied casually.
Lily started laughing, the idea was that preposterous. It was an idea that would never work and only a person who has been deprived of oxygen to the brain would think of it. It would never work with two people who hate each other as much as Brianna and Sirius. They could never fall in love and they would never even think about dating each other.
"Sh, quiet down will you, the last thing we need is Sirius or Brianna storming down and accusing us of fraternizing with the enemies best friend" James said hurriedly.
More like Sirius accusing him of fraternizing with the enemy. Brianna didn't consider James an enemy at all, they were related. She just said he was blinded by his loyal trust to his best friend.
"Have you completely lost your mind?" Lily asked seriously because it sure as hell sounded like he had only a crazed loon would think up that stupid idea.
"No I haven't" James replied defiantly "haven't you ever heard of the expression there is a fine line between love and hate? Is it that impossible to believe that they are right at the line not sure which way to go and all they need is a little push in the right direction?"
"I don't know it sounds awfully far fetched to me" Lily replied uncertainly.
"Come on Lily, what have we got to loose?" James pleaded.
It really wasn't that bad of an idea, come to think of it. Maybe there was a whole point to them being at the line between love and hate. It wasn't that unreasonable if you actually thought about it for a few minutes. Still James was talking about Sirius and Brianna here, more likely their relationship was that of a hate rather than love.
"Do you know how impossible this is going to be?" Lily asked trying to talk him out of it.
"Nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it; and face it, with both of our minds working together, it is very possible" James replied grinning at her.
"If you say so, but I still doubt this is going to work. What is the first step for Matchmakers Incorporated?" Lily asked.
"Matchmakers Incorporated?" James inquired.
"Yeah, we are playing matchmaker, aren't we?" Lily shot back.
"What about Matchmakers Inc?" James asked. Lily gave him the-what-is-the- difference look "it sounds better than Matchmakers Incorporated, which is way to long."
"Right" Lily replied curtly "so, what is the first step in Matchmakers Inc?"
"I supposed we find out what Brianna is looking for in a boyfriend and what Sirius is really looking for in a girlfriend. Then we can go from there" James replied determinedly.
"Okay, first what if what Brianna is looking for in a boyfriend doesn't fit Sirius at all or vise versa, second I don't even know what I am looking for in a boyfriend so how should Brianna know what she is looking for in a boyfriend and thirdly this is going to be impossible" Lily said matter-of- factly.
"It is just so we have something to go on and who knows maybe Brianna knows what she is looking for in a boyfriend. You can at least ask, can't you?" James asked.
"I suppose, I don't know what I am letting you talk me into" Lily replied uncertainly "but phase one of Mission Impossible is to find out what Brianna wants in a boyfriend."
"Mission Impossible" James inquired for the second time that night finding it cute how Lily put labels on everything from them all the way down to their plan.
"Yeah, it is a mission and it is going to be impossible. I don't see the happy ending that you see in this. All I see is disaster but I suppose it is worth a shot, no matter how weak or fatal" Lily replied seriously "well, good night. See ya in the morning."
Lily walked back up to her dorm room with the feeling that nothing but disaster was going to come from their meddling in their best friend's love lives. But it was worth a shot plus she would be getting to spend some more time with James, which wasn't a bad thing. The only bad thing about the whole mess is the idea.
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Author's Note: Alright this is my first attempt at a fic, so do be kind with the reviews. Although *constructive* criticism (note the emphasis on constructive NO FLAMES) is accepted and would be appreciated, anything to make the story better for you the readers. With that said please REVIEW and tell me what you think.
Toodles for now,
Foxy Black aka Theblackfox
By: Foxy Black
Disclaimer: This goes for the whole story. I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters, so if you see anyone you recognize they would belong to J.K.R. and not me, to bad. And if you see anyone you don't recognize they belong to me.
Summary: James and Lily are tired of the constant bickering between their best friends, Sirius and Brianna, who happen to be ruining their friendship by making Lily and James choose sides. Their mission, should they choose to accept it, set their two best friends up. Matchmakers Inc. is formed to carry out Mission Impossible.
Author's Note: This will be one of those fics where Lily and James don't realize how perfect they are for each other till they learn to spend some real quality time together. They start out as friends but anything can happen when they get to know each other better.
--Chapter One--
Lily Evans (who has long curly dark red hair and exotic shining emerald green eyes) searched platform nine and three quarters for her friends. She hadn't seen any of them since the end of fifth year. Lily's family had gone to Australia over the summer for a vacation it had been the longest two months of Lily's life. She was eager to meet up with her friends and start sixth year.
"Sloan, stop with the bitching!"
Lily knew that voice to belong to Sirius Black best friend to James Potter. Sirius had spiky rich chocolate brown hair and big chocolate brown eyes that a girl could get lost in. He was one of the most popular boys in Hogwarts and mortal enemy of her best friend.
"Black, I will stop bitching when you stop being a dick!"
That voice happened to belong to Lily's best friend Brianna Sloan. Brianna had long silky raven black hair that flared out (no doubt the Potter trait in her) and enticing pale violet eyes. James and Brianna were cousins. Both of the girls were popular but tended to ignore the popularity, it was more of a nuisance to them than anything.
"Enough!" there was a pause "this is pointless, must you two always bicker."
Ah, you could always count on Remus Lupin to break up their little spats. Remus had sandy blonde hair splashed a golden brown and warm silky gray eyes. He was the voice of reason in both groups, Brianna and Sirius tended to listen to him and him only.
"Honestly, the two of you are acting like immature prats."
Paige Johnson always had to put her two cents into any conversation. She had long wavy dirty blonde almost brownish hair and clear sky blue eyes. She was a close friend but opted for the popularity and could often be found with her boyfriend, whomever it happened to be for that month.
"Look, Lily!"
It was James Potter, always the first to notice when Lily entered the room or was in eyesight. He had messy jet black hair that stood at odd angles (again that Potter trait) and enchanting crystalline blue eyes that were always dancing mischievously. Lily and James were good friends but were often torn between their best friends and their friendship.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Lily asked walking up and giving each one a hug.
"The usual: Sirius and Brianna are arguing with each other, Remus and Paige were tired of listening to them and broke it up" James replied casually, as it was normal behavior to all of them.
"He started it" Brianna retorted.
"You bloody started it with your constant bitching" Sirius shot back.
"I am only bitching because you are being a total dick" Brianna remarked.
A short fat boy with blonde hair and watery blue eyes ran over to the group "sorry.. I am.. late, I.. forgot.. my trunk" he panted out of breath from the run.
That would be Peter Pettigrew he was a friend to the marauders. It was never clear on why they were friends with him as he was the total opposite of them in appearance and personality but they seemed to like him none-the- less.
"I am not sticking around to listen to him." Brianna said point a threatening finger at Sirius along with one of her murderous glares. She swung on her heel and stormed away from the marauders, Sirius in particular.
"Oh bloody hell" the other four said rolling their eyes.
It was happening all over again, don't they ever give it a rest, apparently not. Lily and Paige gave one last not-again look to James and Remus before following Brianna onto the train.
* * * * *
The start of term feast was over and the first years had been shown the common room. Lily and her friends were sitting on a sofa talking about the latest gossip in Hogwarts, Eve Reed and Adam Mitchell's (the Head Boy and Girl) relationship coming to a temporary break up.
The marauders were sitting on the other side of the room working on a prank they wanted to pull on Snape. James kept looking over at Lily and her friends, truth was pranking Snape was becoming old. They had pulled so many pranks on Snape it was becoming redundant and boring.
He had caught Lily's eye. She motioned for him to meet her in the common room at midnight. He shook his head before turning his attention back to his friends.
Midnight wouldn't come soon enough for James he barely got to spend anytime with Lily. Sirius and Brianna were always fighting and storming away dragging Lily and James with them.
Finally midnight rolled around and he snuck down to the common room, where Lily was already waiting for him. She was sitting in an arm chair by the fireplace reading a book.
"Hey Lily" James said in barely more than a whisper.
"Hey" Lily replied setting her book down.
"Whacha reading?" he asked curiously.
"The Scarlet Letter" she replied raising an eyebrow.
"Not bad, if I say so myself" James replied honesty.
"You have read a book before?" she questioned disbelievingly "I don't believe it."
"It's true just don't let it get out. Don't want to ruin my rep or anything." He replied jokingly.
"Right" Lily retorted sarcastically "okay, then."
"It's getting worse" James said getting to the point.
He knew Lily had asked him to come down to talk about the little war between their best friends it was one of the reasons why he didn't get to talk to Lily as much as he would have normally liked too.
"I know it is" Lily replied morbidly "Potter's can be so stubborn."
She hated the fact that she didn't get to spend as much time as she would have liked to with James because of her friend and his friend. It was so infuriating at times. Lily knew that Brianna was a Potter due to the fact that James father and Brianna's mother were siblings.
"True, but not all Potter's are that stubborn," James said mischievously sitting across from Lily "I have a plan."
"What kind of plan?" Lily asked confusion etched across her face.
"A plan to stop their bickering" James replied matter-of-factly.
"What would that be?" Lily asked not believing that James plan would work whatever it was.
"We play matchmaker with the two ingrates" James replied casually.
Lily started laughing, the idea was that preposterous. It was an idea that would never work and only a person who has been deprived of oxygen to the brain would think of it. It would never work with two people who hate each other as much as Brianna and Sirius. They could never fall in love and they would never even think about dating each other.
"Sh, quiet down will you, the last thing we need is Sirius or Brianna storming down and accusing us of fraternizing with the enemies best friend" James said hurriedly.
More like Sirius accusing him of fraternizing with the enemy. Brianna didn't consider James an enemy at all, they were related. She just said he was blinded by his loyal trust to his best friend.
"Have you completely lost your mind?" Lily asked seriously because it sure as hell sounded like he had only a crazed loon would think up that stupid idea.
"No I haven't" James replied defiantly "haven't you ever heard of the expression there is a fine line between love and hate? Is it that impossible to believe that they are right at the line not sure which way to go and all they need is a little push in the right direction?"
"I don't know it sounds awfully far fetched to me" Lily replied uncertainly.
"Come on Lily, what have we got to loose?" James pleaded.
It really wasn't that bad of an idea, come to think of it. Maybe there was a whole point to them being at the line between love and hate. It wasn't that unreasonable if you actually thought about it for a few minutes. Still James was talking about Sirius and Brianna here, more likely their relationship was that of a hate rather than love.
"Do you know how impossible this is going to be?" Lily asked trying to talk him out of it.
"Nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it; and face it, with both of our minds working together, it is very possible" James replied grinning at her.
"If you say so, but I still doubt this is going to work. What is the first step for Matchmakers Incorporated?" Lily asked.
"Matchmakers Incorporated?" James inquired.
"Yeah, we are playing matchmaker, aren't we?" Lily shot back.
"What about Matchmakers Inc?" James asked. Lily gave him the-what-is-the- difference look "it sounds better than Matchmakers Incorporated, which is way to long."
"Right" Lily replied curtly "so, what is the first step in Matchmakers Inc?"
"I supposed we find out what Brianna is looking for in a boyfriend and what Sirius is really looking for in a girlfriend. Then we can go from there" James replied determinedly.
"Okay, first what if what Brianna is looking for in a boyfriend doesn't fit Sirius at all or vise versa, second I don't even know what I am looking for in a boyfriend so how should Brianna know what she is looking for in a boyfriend and thirdly this is going to be impossible" Lily said matter-of- factly.
"It is just so we have something to go on and who knows maybe Brianna knows what she is looking for in a boyfriend. You can at least ask, can't you?" James asked.
"I suppose, I don't know what I am letting you talk me into" Lily replied uncertainly "but phase one of Mission Impossible is to find out what Brianna wants in a boyfriend."
"Mission Impossible" James inquired for the second time that night finding it cute how Lily put labels on everything from them all the way down to their plan.
"Yeah, it is a mission and it is going to be impossible. I don't see the happy ending that you see in this. All I see is disaster but I suppose it is worth a shot, no matter how weak or fatal" Lily replied seriously "well, good night. See ya in the morning."
Lily walked back up to her dorm room with the feeling that nothing but disaster was going to come from their meddling in their best friend's love lives. But it was worth a shot plus she would be getting to spend some more time with James, which wasn't a bad thing. The only bad thing about the whole mess is the idea.
* * * * *
Author's Note: Alright this is my first attempt at a fic, so do be kind with the reviews. Although *constructive* criticism (note the emphasis on constructive NO FLAMES) is accepted and would be appreciated, anything to make the story better for you the readers. With that said please REVIEW and tell me what you think.
Toodles for now,
Foxy Black aka Theblackfox